Discussion: 'Drain The Swamp?' Trump Stocks His Transition Team With Lobbyists<!--EndFragment-->

No. Crooked Hillary and the MSM took him out of context.

Did he do anything to honor Veterans Day, I doubt it. Now that he is in who gives a crap.

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If I didn’t live in the US, it would almost be funny.

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The lying liar is a liar!

The CEO of Wells Fargo recently announced that he’s stepping down. I imagine he’d be perfect for being in charge of banking reform.

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Half of America, sir.

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I thought ‘drain the swamp’ meant getting RID of all those entrenched interests…do we speak the SAME English???

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Lotsa lobbyists…that should go over with the rabid base…but wait…HO won… what’s his winning history? Yeah, stiffing contractors, bouncing paychecks. His followers think he’s gonna be working of them. Ha! Now that he won he will ignore those who put him there. He will lower the boom on the weakest among us. he will stiff the working class (me) and the rich will make out like bandits.
You watch and see.
Lobbyists… it’s starting already.

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How many of Trump’s “advisors” are also in bed with Putin?

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More like 3/4… 46%+ didn’t even vote. and half of those that did voted for HO …That seriously depresses me. 53% of white women voted for HO Even after his misogyny, racism, violence, overt fascism and the rest. They liked what they heard!!! My countrymen/women sold themselves out for what? Nothing… What does HO feel he owes anybody? NOT ONE GODDAM THING. The world is now his oyster.
Short of nuclear annihilation I cannot think of anything worse than trump as President.

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Since this was reported by the NYT, it won’t be believed, the media won’t follow up out of fear, and another nail for our coffins.

I don’t think Josh gets it. These people are monsters, they have no humanity; they might think they do because they sortof care about their own families sortof (but they really don’t when push comes to shove). They have total control one way or another, Congress, Courts, Executive, 4th Estate (via ownership and threats) and we have nothing that will stop them. You think Elijah Cumming’s and Dick Durbin’s strongly worded letters are going to have an effect?

Anyone think that street protests like the Occupy movement had will accomplish anything beyond getting people’s heads cracked and eyes pepper sprayed? The police are meeting the protests already with the same police state tactics they’ve been using on Occupy and Black Lives Matter, think the protests are going to get anywhere short of millions and millions of people shutting down the country?

No, they are going to fuck things up so thoroughly there won’t be any fixing it. Colin Kapernick isn’t going to fix it. Keith Ellison isn’t going to fix it.Josh and Kos and Atrios aren’t going to fix it. God isn’t fixing it and neither is the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

We don’t even have a clue as to why this happened, how are we going to fix it?

Fuck.

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That’s a really valid question since Donald promised to be so focused on veterans’ issues. Where is Donald on Veterans’ Day?

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And then there’s this:

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Who would have guessed that draining the swamp would have the unintended (or intended) consequence of affording the opportunity for so many bottom feeders to come up for air.

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Very depressing is understatement.

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Which is why I agree totally with this Washington Post Op Ed Piece.
Do Not Give Donald Trump A Chance He Has Not Earned, James C. Downie

Just like when Reagan came in with congressional majority, the foxes had their way. I want to hear all the disaffected blue collar assholes and police and military who voted for this scum. And all the whiney hipsters too. And Susan Sarandon too.

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hhhhmmmm…Drain the Swamp! • Re-elect all Republican members of Congress! • Honest Trump, Gingrich, Christie, Giuliani, et alia, will save us!

The 49% Rubes, Rednecks, Racists & Retards™ seem to have some sort of cognitive dissonance.

Not even a Tweet from what I can see

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Promises to “drain the swamp” quickly turn into "treat it like a spa."

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I don’t want him to honor me.

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